We were invited to run a workshop on ‘Observing Hazards and Impacts’ at the RMetS Annual Conference. The workshop explored what makes good impact information, methods for collecting impact and hazard information and how it can be used along with how consistent impact categorisation could be beneficial for forecasting and verification. These topics are of […]

We attended the Using ECMWF Forecasts (UEF) meeting in Reading from 12th-16th June. The meeting theme was ‘Storms’ with the aim to discuss the use and performance of ECMWF forecasts and related products. While NHP do not currently use ECMWF forecasts in their products and services we do have a large interest in storms through […]

We were invited by the Scottish Government to bring the Natural Hazards Partnership stand to the Innovative Emergency Services Forum #UKIESF in Glasgow on the 23rd February. The #UKIESF provides a platform for experts from across the emergency services community to showcase innovative technologies to better deliver their services. Despite the wrath of Storm Doris […]

We attended the UK Alliance for Disaster Research (UKADR)(http://www.ukadr.org/) inaugural conference at King College in London on 9th and 10th January 2017. The aim of the conference was to bring together the Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) research community, showcase a number of disaster research areas and to determine if there was enough momentum to continue […]

Still on a high from the success of the OneResilience Conference a number of people from Natural Hazards Partnership travelled to Birmingham on 21st and 22nd September to exhibit at the Emergency Services Show. Over the course of two days’ delegates, which included all the various organisations in the UK who get involved during an […]

We co-hosted the OneResilience Conference on Wednesday 7 September, at the Hilton Deansgate, in Manchester. It was a joint event between us and ResilienceDirect™. The resilience community have been facing many extreme challenging events and have responded to major incidents, such as the Winter Flooding of 2015–16. Once again, it has highlighted that they are […]

Members of our Hazard Impact Model group organised a workshop on hazard impact modelling at the conference. The aims were to introduce the concept of hazard impacts to the participants, inform them about the progress the Hazard Impact Modelling group has been making, and get their input and feedback. The workshop consisted of an activity to […]